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Diaries

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms

Found in 6563 Collections and/or Records:

Biography and family record of Cecil Grant Ash

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197227650014]
Identifier: MSS SC 2930
Scope and Contents

Biography and family record of Cecil Grant Ash, 1990 where Ash recounts his experiences growing up in Lehi, Utah from the 1920s to the 1940s. He also discusses his POW experiences, including journal enteries and war poems written in the camps by U.S. soldiers

Dates: 1990
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography and family record of Cecil Grant Ash

Biography of Jean Elizabeth Fossum May

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 2083
Scope and Contents Compiled by James A. May about his mother, Jean Fossum May, drawing heavily on her letters, journals, and notes. Gives detailed information about her life in Baker, Oregon, 1906-1959; service as a missionary in the California Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1927-1928; marriage to Andrew May, 1930; family life (as a widow after 1933); service as head resident of Stover Hall (men's housing) on the campus of Brigham Young University, 1959-1969; and efforts to...
Dates: 1990-1998
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of Jean Elizabeth Fossum May

"Biography of Mary Catherine Smith", manuscript copy, 1954

 File — Box 5: Series 3; Series 4 [Barcode: 31197232484243], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 326 Series 4
Dates: Other: 1954
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 326, Ruby K. Smith papers / Ruby K. Smith writings

Biography of William Rufus Rogers Stowell

 Collection — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230348556]
Identifier: MSS 506
Abstract

Includes typewritten and handwritten biographies of William Rufus Rogers Stowell. Also included are typed excerpts from the biography and photocopies of an account of Stowell's death handwritten by his grandson, Earl Stowell. William Stowell was a convert to the Mormon Church. He lived in Nauvoo, Illinois, migrated to Utah in 1852, served in the Utah Militia during the Utah Expedition, served on missions for the Mormon Church, and went to Mexico to avoid prosecution for polygamy.

Dates: approximately 1893-1950
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Biography of William Rufus Rogers Stowell

Edwin R. Bird papers

 Collection
Identifier: MSS 2628
Scope and Contents

Collection includes a diary, correspondence, and poetry written by Bird between 1851 and 1860. Includes information on his overland migration to California and his activities after his arrival.

Dates: 1851-1860
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Edwin R. Bird papers

Henry M. Bird diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230318484]
Identifier: MSS SC 1959
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary. Bird talks about his activities and about the places he visited while on his mission. Also included are biographies of Henry Bird's father, Edmund Bird, and notes relating to Bird family genealogy.

Dates: 1865-1929
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Henry M. Bird diary

Birth certificate, passport, 1909-1963

 File — Carton 43: [Barcode: 31197239253484], Folder: 10
Identifier: MSS 8710
Dates: 1909-1963
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 8710, Zane Grey Inc. records

Birthday anniversary congradualations to President Grant, 1929

 Item — Box 11: [Barcode: 31197230227875], Folder: 1
Identifier: MSS 1540
Dates: 1929
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1540, Joseph F. Merrill papers / Joseph F. Merrill talks and articles

Elijah Bishop diary

 File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230323971]
Identifier: MSS SC 2468
Scope and Contents

Handwritten diary dated from 7 April 1822 to 20 Jan. 1829. Bishop states, "Elijah Bishop is my name, and American is my nation, Elizabeth Town is my dwelling place, and Christ is my salvation." The manuscript documents the regligious odyssey of a man of upstate New York, ranging from a spiritual visionary ecstasy to a time of virtual despair. A few entries are in code, reflecting Bishop's intense concern with the daily state of his spiritual conditon. There are many gaps in the diary.

Dates: 1822-1829
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / Elijah Bishop diary

Black and Burgundy Bound "National Diary for 1965", 1965 June 28- 1965 December 21

 Item — Box 3: [Barcode: 31197227641393], Folder: 4
Identifier: MSS 1923
Scope and Contents

approx. 370 pp. written in intermittently

Dates: 1965 June 28- 1965 December 21
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1923, A. Sherman Christensen papers / A. Sherman Christensen Journals

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